Half Needle Roller Bearing for Caliper

NEEDLE RETAINER ASSEMBLY
The needle retainer assembly is a kind of independent bearing unit with high load capacity and rigidity especially applicable for the tray of shaft and seat holes with the unit which is limited in radical dimension.
Each needle have excellent operative characteristic due to each needle exactly guided and kept by the retainer.
Structure
The needle retainer assembly is divided into two series single row and double row. In the case of crank shaft where difficulty of using and mounting occur, the needle retainer assembly will supply the divided structure.
In general case, M type punched retainer is used, besides, there are metal solid retainer, fiber glass retainer, fiber glass reinforced nylon 66 retainer. The latter can work under the temperature of 120 degree for a long period while it can even operate under 150 degree for short time.
Precision
The dimensional tolerances of the needle retainer are listed in Table 1. When bearings of more than two types are used in parallel on a same shaft, the needles must belong to the sub group with same value. The retainer width tolerance Bc is -0.2/-0.55mm.
Combination
The radical gap of the needle retainer assembly depends on the machined precision of the inner and outer trays and the needles. The 2 shows the combination recommended as per the different operational conditions.
When the needles are running directly in the shaft or in outer case, to make the needle retainer assembly reach its fully load capacity, the hardness of the inner and outer tray surface must reach 58...62HRC and the roughness must not greater than 0.32m. The surface quality must be the dame of rolling bearing tray.